Photonic quantum processors
Seminar · Recording · Feb 3, 2026
Pascale Senellart, Research Director, CNRS - Centre de nanosciences et de nanotechnologies université - Paris-Saclay, Visiting Professor at the Collège de France
Seminar, Hosted by Collège de France
Single and entangled photons
Research Director, CNRS - Centre de nanosciences et de nanotechnologies université - Paris-Saclay, Visiting Professor at the Collège de France
Abstract
Reliable photon sources are essential for optical quantum communication and computation. This lecture compares single-photon generation through nonlinear optical processes with controlled emission from individual atoms. It discusses performance, limitations and integration, then extends the comparison to sources of entangled photons and more elaborate quantum states of light.
Topics
- single-photon generation, search World Wide
- nonlinear optical processes, search World Wide
- Individual atoms
- photon sources, search World Wide
- optical quantum communication, broader topic: communication
- entangled photons, broader topic: photons
- quantum states of light, search World Wide
- controlled emission, search World Wide